Wristband.



B. A. PAROUBEK. RISTBAND. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1908.

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BLAHOMRAF A. PAROUBEK, OFPLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

WRISTBAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 'Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed .Tune 17, 1908. Serial No. 438,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BLAHOMRAF A. PAROUBEK, of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wristbands, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

My invention relates to improvements in wrist bands.

Bands of the class to which my invention relates are used to strap tightly around the wrist to strengthen a sprained wrist or for various other reasons. These bands are generally made of leather and are fastened very tight on the wrist. Such wrist bands are often made with a buckle at one end and a strap or tongue at the other, and with a slit in the body of the band through which the tongue is inserted, andthe tongue is then doubled over and pulled back and often continued around the body of the band. In some cases also the bands are provided with plural buckles, and straps of Various kinds are extended around the bodyof the band to fasten it. The difficulties in the structures abovereferred to in a general way, are, first that the wrist bands are used largely by laboring men and they do not readily see how to adjust the bands and therefore are almost certain to stick the fastening straps through the slits and pull in the wrong direction so as to tear the band, and further the structures referred to are rather expensive.

The object of my invention is to produce an extremely simple band which one cannot fail to apply properly, to provide a convenient means for making it tight around the wrist, and to construct it in such a manner that it can be cheaply made up of scrap leather.

My invention is also intended to produce a band which can be fastened with little eflort very tight to the wrist.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part'of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an edge View of the wrist band with the parts fastened, showing the band as it would appear on the wrist. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the band in its rolled up or fastened position, and Fig". 3 is a perspective plan of the unfolded wrist band.

The wrist band proper consists of a strap 10, which is preferably of leather and which is long enough to extend around the wrist and lap more or less as shown at 11 in Fig. 1. The ends are left preferably blunt, and to one end is attached a strap 12 which is adapted to engage a buckle 18 hereinafter referred to. On the strap, and preferably near the opposite end to that having a tongue, is a transverse keeper 13, and through this keeper extends a short strap 14 which is securely fastened to the main strap or wrist band 10 by rivets 15, although it can be applied and fastened in any convenient way.

One end of the strap 14 carries a loop 16. At the opposite end of the strap 14 is the buckle 18, which can be of any usual kind. It will be noticed that the buckle 18 extends in the same direction as the tongue 12, and in applying the wrist band the body part 10 is wrapped around the wrist, the tongue 12 inserted through the loop 16 and pulled back tight around the wrist. This arrangement causes the tightening to be easily accomplished, and one can readily pull back on the tongue 12 so as to make the wrist band very tight on the wrist. This is important as there is usually a strain or lesion at the point where the band is applied, and it is generally necessary to have the band very tight in order to get a good result. The tongue is then doubled upon itself over the roller, and brought back and fastened into the buckle 18, while the free end is tucked under the keeper 13.

It will thus be seen that I produce a very simple band, that the parts 10, 11 and 12 can be made of scrap leather cut the desired shape and fastened together, and that the only way to fasten the band in place is the right way, so that any unskilled person has no difficulty in applying it.

Having .thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A wrist band comprising a body portion having a tongue at one end, a buckle onthe back of the band, said buckle extending in the same direction as the tongue, and a loop on the back of the band extending opposite to the buckle, whereby the tongue can be returned through the loop and en-. gaged in the buckle.

BLAI-IOMRAF A. PAROUBEK.

Witnesses:

L. FAHU, J. Sonnorrn. 

